# King of the Surf Guitar guitar solo > The guitar solo on King of the Surf Guitar by Dick Dale & the Del-Tones (1963). From the album King of the Surf Guitar. A surf classic from the 1960s. Canonical URL: Dick Dale & the Del-Tones, 1963, from *King of the Surf Guitar*. Solo by *Dick Dale*. The title track makes his claim to the crown with thick-gauge, low-string runs and a punchy call-and-response between guitar and horns. King of the Surf Guitar by Dick Dale & the Del-Tones is #5 in our ranking of the best Dick Dale & the Del-Tones guitar solos. The solo is played by Dick Dale and the song was released in 1963. ## In our lists - [The Best Dick Dale & the Del-Tones Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/dick-dale-and-the-del-tones-guitar-solos/) — #5 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1963](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1963/) — #19 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on King of the Surf Guitar? Dick Dale played the solo on Dick Dale & the Del-Tones's King of the Surf Guitar (1963). ### What guitar was used on the King of the Surf Guitar solo? A fender stratocaster through a Fender Showman amp, according to widely reported accounts. --- GreatestSolos ranks the greatest guitar solos by consensus across published lists. Agent guide: [llms.txt](https://greatestsolos.com/llms.txt) · [Sitemap](https://greatestsolos.com/sitemap.xml) · [Dataset (CSV)](https://greatestsolos.com/data/greatest-guitar-solos.csv) · [How we rank](https://greatestsolos.com/method/)